Presentation delivered at the 2019 SWREDA Conference, December 4-6, 2019

1. Showcase
Presentation
2019 SWREDA Conference
Leveraging Local Assets, Building Regional Economies

2. FiveAwardees
Advanced Manufacturing Training Center
Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District
South Arkansas Community College
South Lafourche Airport Access Corridor Project/Airport RoadTurn Project
South Central Planning and Development Commission (LA)
Lafourche Parish
Cascades Project
Southeastern New Mexico Council of Governments
Carlsbad Department ofTransportation
City of Carlsbad
ComprehensiveWaterline andWastewater System Project
Indian Nations Council of Governments (OK)
Rogers County
Explore RGV
Lower Rio GrandeValley Development Council (TX)

3. Advanced Manufacturing
TrainingCenter
Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District
South Arkansas Community College

4. AdvancedManufacturingTrainingCenter
(AMTC)
Locatedon SouthArk’sEastCampus
EDAinvestmentofnearly$800,000
Leveraged$1.4millioninlocal,state,federal
&privateinvestments
Providestraininginwelding,industrial
technology, processtechnology,and
mechatronics
OpenedJune2018
Createdand/orretainedover550jobs

5. GroundbreakingtoOpeningDay

6. South LafourcheAirport
AccessCorridor
Project/Airport RoadTurn
Project
South Central Planning and Development Commission (LA)
Lafourche Parish

7. AirportRoadTurnLaneProject
SouthLafourcheLeonardMiller,Jr.Airport
inGalliano,LA
EDAinvestmentofnearly$740,000
Leveraged$500,000inprivate
investments
Partofalarger$35million airportcorridor
accessproject
Directimpactto7businesses
Createdand/orretainedover15,000jobs

8. Story Map

9. Cascades Project
Southeastern New Mexico Council of Governments
Carlsbad Department ofTransportation
City of Carlsbad

10. CascadesofCarlsbad
Located alongthePecosRiver
EDAinvestmentof $2.725million
Leveraged$3.5millioninprivateinvestments
Cascadeshousesseveralbusinessesand
haspedestrianwalkwaysandfootbridges,
fountains,andlandscaping
Benefitsseveralbusinesses
Createdand/orretainedover100jobs

11. ComprehensiveWaterline
andWastewaterSystem
Project
Indian Nations Council of Governments (OK)
Rogers County

12. ComprehensiveWaterlineand
WastewaterSystemProject
4-milewaterlineandwastewatersystemfor
anindustrialareainInola,OK
Totalprojectcostof$3.1million
EDAinvestment of $1.5million
Supportsa$360millioncapitalinvestment
effortbySofidel
1st majortenantin2,000-acreindustrialpark
300initialjobs(70retainedand230new)
Designforfutureexpansiontodouble
facilitysize& numberofjobs

13. Explore RGV
Lower Rio GrandeValley Development Council (TX)

14. ExploreRGV
EDAinvestmentof$350,000
Leveraged$150,000inprivate
investments
Launchedin2018
Socialmediamarketingcampaignforover
700businessesintheValley
Createdand/orretainedbetween15and
20jobs

15. VisitExploreRGV

16. Joinus thiseveningfrom5 –6:30for
theAwardsRoundtableReception
in thePalace Ballroom